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Congratulations Ashley Dickson !!! Update #1
Springwood United Football is very proud to be able to recognise Ashley Dickson, a current senior men’s Waratah League player and long term SUFC player, for his selection into the Deaf Football Australia squad who will soon depart for Kuala Lumpur for the 4th World Deaf Football Championships in Malaysia later this month.
Ashley has played at Springwood United FC since his early teens and has regularly impressed committee members with his speed and intensity on the pitch.
Currently training out of the Australian Institute of Sport Canberra each month, Ashley is looking forward to a busy fortnight before he departs with some warm-up matches and official duties taking place this coming weekend.
In recent days Ashley has been allocated his squad number and will wear the No. 11 jersey when he takes the field for Australia against France, Senegal and Kuwait in pool matches that will run the same as a men’s World Cup tournament.
Players who are selected to play for Australia must do so at their own expense and Deaf Football Australia do everything they can to help raise money in order to fund the attendance of the Australian team at these types of events.
The Springwood United FC’s Committee’s recently approved a donation of $1000 in support of Ashley’s journey to the World Championships this year.
The Club will post information about match times and ways you can watch the games with these details still being finalised.
The Club’s committees, members and extended families and friends are very proud of Ash and wish him all the very best for the competition ahead and hope he has a fantastic tournament.
We wish Ashley all the very best in the lead up to and during the tournament.
Ash Dickson Deaf Football World Cup - Update #2
Last weekend Ash attended a training camp and took part in trial matches in the build up to the event and was presented with his kit and certificate of selection.
Group D awaits Australian Team - Update #3
Australia has been drawn in Group D with Nigeria, Gabon and England. Match details will be posted with links to view the games as soon as they are confirmed.
They're Off...... - Update #4
On Tuesday evening Springwood United FC's Ashley Dickson flew out with team mates representing Deaf Football Australia as the eam heads for Kuala Lumpur and the 4th World Deaf Football Championships starting Saturday.
Training in Build Up to Match Day 1 Vs England - Update #5
A couple of days in training camps and the Australian team is looking good for tonights clash with the English Team.
Check out more the Deaf Football Australia FaceBook Page for more images of the team arriving at the grounds and preparing for the match.
Match 1 Vs England - Update #6
Ash Dickson No.11 during the national anthem.
For those who missed it, the Aussie boys started the game very well and took an early lead with the aussie goal keeper making some great saves to keep the result to 1-0 at half time.
Match 2 Vs Gabon - Update #7

The Build Up to Match Day 3 Vs Nigeria - Update #8
Click on the image below to hear Ashley's give a short 'daily wrap up' of the teams activities in the build up to the must win game Vs Nigeria.
World Deaf Football Championships Match Day 3 - Update #9


Based on goal differences at the end of the pool matches the Australian team has finished in 16th place and will continue on to the round of 16.
Match Day 4 (Round of 16) Germany 4 Australia 1 - Update #10

Match Day 5 for Placings Australia 5 Ghana 4 - Update #11

The Australians got off to a flying start with a goal within the first 20 secs of the match after a long range shot beat the Ghanian keeper. A penalty in the 7th minute and Ghana equalised. This game would continue back and forth Ghana 2 – 1, 3 -1 up and looking like running away with the match but the Aussies got another long range goal back with 15 mins remaining of the 1st half. 5 mins later the aussies equalised 3 – 3.
The scoring wasn’t done with Ghana going ahead again via a penalty with 5 mins remaining only for Australia to sneak in another goal and it finished 4 – 4 at half time.
A free kick at the 57 mark set up a set play and another goal was bashed into the back of the net from outside the box. Aussies lead 5 – 4.
Springwood United’s Ash Dickson would come on to refresh some tired legs with about 5 mins of normal time to go and was into the action straight away seeing out 4 mins of added time for the win.
If you want to catch the goals from this match, check out this link:
Classification of Placings - Matches Continue - Update #12

Match Day 6 for Placings Australia Vs Turkey - Update #13
The match Vs Turkey (along with a number of other fixtures) was not recorded nor streamed on Tuesday night, but the word from Ashley was that it was a tough encounter against a team thqat has some good history at this event having one the last 2 world championships.
Ash came on after about 20 mins after a team mate was subbed off with injury and slotted in on the left wing for the first half and then with a change to 4-4-2 formation in the second half moved into the midfield.
A play off for 11th/12th place means that there's one more hit out remaining against Nigeria tomorrow (Thursday 5th Oct, Time TBC).
Check out the Deaf Football Australia FaceBook Page for some videos of Ash and the team in camp, during recovery sessions, some player interviews and some video footage of the goal scored against Turkey.

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Player No. 119 Congratulations Ash Dickson
Earlier this month Springwood United FC and Deaf Football Australia’s Ashley Dickson was presented with his historic No.119 player number. Playing as a forward in the No.11 jersey for his country with the DFA, Ash was presented a painting that captured a special moment for Ash, his family and friends as he scored his first international goal.
With the Waratah League season coming to an end, Ash’s attention will turn to an October training camp and hopefully being rewarded with selection for upcoming fixtures against a Japanese team ranked 4th in the world.
The Club will try and keep you up to date on Ash’s next appearances for Australia and encourage you to follow and like the DFA Facebook Page. The search for capable players is on going so check out their page if you are interested in playing for the DFA team in the future.
Congratulations Ashley and we look forward to following your football journey in the coming months.
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